Spin-3/2 fields in D-dimensional Schwarzschild black hole spacetimes

C.-H. Chen, H. T. Cho, A. S. Cornell, and G. Harmsen
Phys. Rev. D 94, 044052 – Published 25 August 2016

Abstract

In previous works we have studied spin-3/2 fields near four-dimensional Schwarzschild black holes. The techniques we developed in that case have now been extended here to show that it is possible to determine the potential of spin-3/2 fields near D-dimensional black holes by exploiting the radial symmetry of the system. This removes the need to use the Newman-Penrose formalism, which is difficult to extend to D-dimensional spacetimes. In this paper we will derive a general D-dimensional gauge-invariant effective potential for spin-3/2 fields near black hole systems. We then use this potential to determine the quasinormal modes and absorption probabilities of spin-3/2 fields near a D-dimensional Schwarzschild black hole.

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  • Received 23 May 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.044052

© 2016 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Gravitation, Cosmology & Astrophysics

Authors & Affiliations

C.-H. Chen1,*, H. T. Cho1,†, A. S. Cornell2,‡, and G. Harmsen2,§

  • 1Department of Physics, Tamkang University, Tamsui District, New Taipei City 25137, Taiwan
  • 2National Institute for Theoretical Physics, School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa

  • *chunhungchen928@gmail.com
  • htcho@mail.tku.edu.tw
  • alan.cornell@wits.ac.za
  • §gerhard.harmsen5@gmail.com

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Vol. 94, Iss. 4 — 15 August 2016

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